The Strongest Spear and the Strongest Shield!

When asked where to begin with industrial development, our guide said that the world's top craftsmen all came from the Mithril City in the south.

The wisest people are all in the tower in the east.

009 and his two companions headed south, preparing to carry out the first step of their plan in Mithril City.

It is said that Mithril City is not a city that exists entirely on the ground; it is divided into two parts: above ground and underground.

It is backed by the Dragon's Maw Volcano, an active volcano, where the dwarves living in the city draw energy from the volcano and pour it into a massive Mithril furnace.

It can melt the world's hardest metals and forge the world's most advanced weapons.

This allowed 009 to see the prerequisites for industry: basic productivity and technology.

However, if we want to achieve a leap forward in the level of technology that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, technology and productivity alone are not enough.

Therefore, we need to invite the smartest people on the mainland to guide the development of our technology.

Who is the smartest person on the continent? They say that even magicians have an IQ far exceeding that of ordinary people.

Of course, this is not absolute, but it is generally true.

Because magicians possess extremely high Mental Power, their brain development is higher than that of normal people, and their thinking and calculation abilities far surpass those of ordinary people.

The most outstanding among them is Professor Starry Sky, the tower master of this year's high tower.

He is also one of the four strongest people in the world, and currently the number one magician on the continent.

But it is said that this Professor Starry Sky rarely appears in public, and even the core members of the Tower rarely get to see him.

Very few people know what he looks like, so let's not rush this.

009's idea was to first occupy Mithril City and lay the foundation before inviting Mr. Zhuge to come out of seclusion.

On the way to Mithril City, 009 couldn't help but start reflecting on something.

He is Absolute Indestructibility, while Arthur is Absolute Sever.

So, what would happen if Arthur were to cut him down?

"Have you heard the story of the idiom 'I have the sharpest spear in the world'? In our world, there was an old man who sold weapons. He said that he had the sharpest spear in the world and the strongest shield in the world."

"Then some people questioned him, saying that since his spear is the sharpest, it means there is no shield it cannot break."

"And your shield is the strongest, which means there is no attack it cannot defend against."

"This was clearly a conflict, so someone suggested that the old man use the strongest spear to pierce the hardest shield."

The story behind this idiom is called "self-contradictory".

Jena listened to 009's words, the story seemed strangely familiar. "So, what was the ending of that story?"

"Did the shield block the spear, or did the spear pierce the shield?"

"The spear pierced the shield."

"Doesn't that mean the shield isn't the strongest?"

"The problem isn't there. The old man's spear wasn't the sharpest, and his shield wasn't the strongest either, so this result is meaningless."

"But we are different."

009 looked at Arthur; they were the strongest spear and the strongest shield.

Both are contradictory statements, but they are absolute.

There can't be anything harder than 009, nor can there be anything sharper than Arthur.

So what would happen if Arthur were to kill 009?

It was the result of the spear and the shield; 009 was pierced and severed.

Not necessarily.

Because if 009 were stabbed or cut open by Arthur, then he would not Absolute Indestructibility, which would violate the Absolute Trait.

Absolute Trait are absolute, even the rules themselves.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for 009 to be pierced or cut in half.

But this goes against Arthur's Absolute Trait; if he can strike, he can definitely cut through—that's absolute.

If it cannot be cut, then it violates its Absolute Trait.

So 009 thought of one possibility, but it was just his guess.

The first assumption is that Absolute Trait have priority.

For example, if an Absolute Trait has a higher priority, then its effect will take effect.

If Arthur's trait priority is higher than 009's, then 009 will be cut off.

That's roughly the idea, but it's just a guess.

You'll only know the specifics by trying it out.

"Arthur, cut me."

Hearing 009's words, Arthur hesitated for a moment, "Should we really try it? What if we accidentally create a bug and the world collapses?"

"That's not our problem. Anyway, if I don't try it, I definitely won't be able to sleep tonight," 009 said.

Since 009 insists on this, then...

Go ahead and chop!

Arthur's eyes hardened, and he plunged his knife directly into 009's shoulder!

Just as the blade in his hand was about to reach 009, he suddenly rubbed his hand together and stabbed at the air.

"Um?"

What are you doing?

Arthur reacted and slashed horizontally with his blade again!

Suddenly, 009 bent over.

???

Now, neither of them remained calm.

"Let me ask you first, why did you deviate from your attack just now?"

Can I say I'm out of control?

"Me too."

Their eyes locked, and they began a new experiment!

They tried about forty times, but each time they were unable to get in touch for various reasons!

"This is a ghost!"

For some reason, it was as if there were magnets between the two of them, and they began to repel each other.

Even if 009 uses his Absolute Hit ability to strike the blade, the knife will disappear on its own!

It's like...

"The world is preventing this from happening."

This is the only explanation, but it's not a conclusion.

The strongest spear and the strongest shield were ultimately evenly matched...

No, actually it has already been separated.

They are all the strongest, and they are all absolute.

Since the two cannot collide and are destined to have no result, in the absence of a result, both are simultaneously the strongest.

Just like Schrödinger's cat, this event cannot be observed, and the outcome of the conflict between the spear and the shield will forever remain unknowable.

Perhaps this is the real answer to the contradiction?

At this moment, on a distant Earth.

The giant octopus inside Vespa's belly had already been dragged to Earth by Chen Ye.

The giant octopus had no idea what was happening; all it knew was that it had landed on a huge piece of land.

There was no dust on the land, and the surface was smooth without any gaps.

It turned its eyes to look around, but there was nothing there, just a vast, barren landscape. But in the distance, there were five towering pillars.

Looking ahead, there is a vast, unobstructed road.

The end of the road leads to an unseen shore.

The giant octopus raised its head, only to be completely dumbfounded.

In the sky, two enormous suns looked down upon him.

At one moment, the two enormous suns rotated and focused on the octopus like eyeballs.

The perspective begins to shift upwards at this moment; this is not Earth.

Rather, it is a location within the Solar System.

There is an enormous being here, like a giant god!

And the octopus was perched on the giant's hand.